Shire of Esperance

The Shire of Esperance is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the town of Kalgoorlie and about 720 kilometres (450 mi) east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 42,547 square kilometres (16,427 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Esperance, where about three-quarters of the Shire's population resides.

This article is about a local government area. For the town, see Esperance, Western Australia.
Shire of Esperance
Western Australia
Esperance Civic Centre, 2019
Location in Western Australia
Population14,236 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.334595/km2 (0.866598/sq mi)
Established1895
Area42,546.9 km2 (16,427.4 sq mi)
MayorIan Mickel
Council seatEsperance
RegionGoldfields-Esperance
State electorate(s)Roe
Federal Division(s)O'Connor
WebsiteShire of Esperance
LGAs around Shire of Esperance:
Dundas Dundas Dundas
Ravensthorpe Shire of Esperance Dundas
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

History

The Esperance Road District was established on 13 September 1895. Two weeks later, on 27 September 1895, the township of Esperance separated from the road district as the Municipality of Esperance. The municipality was re-absorbed into the road district on 30 October 1908. On 1 July 1961, it became the Shire of Esperance under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires.[2]

A railway line from Coolgardie to Esperance that was completed in 1927 led to development of farming in the mallee country to the north of Esperance.[3]

On 11 July 1979, the American Skylab Space Station re-entered Earth's atmosphere headed for Western Australia and the Indian Ocean. It broke up during reentry and much of it landed in Esperance. In turn, the Shire issued a facetious $400 fine to the American government for littering. It remained outstanding until April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners, and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.[4]

The main industry in the region is farming. The Department of Agriculture established a research station at Gibson finding the local soils to be deficient in trace elements and nitrogen. In 1953 there were 130 farms in the area, increasing to 347 in 1961 and over 650 in 1968.[3]

Wards

The shire is divided into two wards. Prior to the 2005 elections, a 13-councillor setup with North, West and East wards each with two councillors was in place. The shire president is elected from amongst the councillors.

  • Town Ward (six councillors)
  • Rural Ward (three councillors)

Towns and localities

The Shire of Esperance is divided into 32 localities:[5]

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gollark: It is also worse than *that*. The core bits of Android, i.e. Linux, the basic Android frameworks, and a few built-in apps are open source. However, over time Google has moved increasing amounts of functionality into "Google Play Services". Unsurprisingly, this is *not* open source.
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gollark: This is at least slightly better than the situation if you use your manufacturer's official OS images, since you can at least get new *Android* changes without updating the kernel.
gollark: You're basically entirely reliant on your device manufacturer *and* whoever supplies them continuing to exist and being nice to you. I think there are still a bunch of *remotely exploitable* vulnerabilities in the wireless stack present on a bunch of phones because nobody has ever bothered to patch them.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Esperance (S)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. "Government members Mining and National Development Committees fact finding tour July 1968" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. Hannah Siemer. ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)" The Esperance Express, 17 April 2009.
  5. "General Information". Shire of Esperance. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

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